Hans-Jonas Meyer1, Stefan Schob2, Benno Münch3, Clara Frydrychowicz4, Nikita Garnov3, Ulf Quäschling2, Karl-Titus Hoffmann2, Alexey Surov3. 1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, University Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. hans-jonas.meyer@medizin.uni-leipzig.de. 2. Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. 3. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, University Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. 4. Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Previously, some reports mentioned that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict histopathological features in primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL). The reported data analyzed diffusion-weighted imaging findings. The aim of this study was to investigate possible associations between histopathological findings, such as tumor cellularity, nucleic areas and proliferation index Ki-67, and signal intensity on T1-weighted and T2-weighted images in PCNSL. PROCEDURES: For this study, 18 patients with PCNSL were retrospectively investigated by histogram analysis on precontrast and postcontrast T1-weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) images. For every patient, histopathology parameters, nucleic count, total nucleic area, and average nucleic area, as well as Ki-67 index, were estimated. RESULTS: Correlation analysis identified several statistically significant associations. Skewness derived from precontrast T1-weighted images correlated with Ki-67 index (p = - 0.55, P = 0.028). Furthermore, entropy derived from precontrast T1-weighted images correlated with average nucleic area (p = 0.53, P = 0.04). Several parameters from postcontrast T1-weighted images correlated with nucleic count: maximum signal intensity (p = 0.59, P = 0.017), P75 (p = 0.56, P = 0.02), and P90 (p = 0.52, P = 0.04) as well as SD (p = 0.58, P = 0.02). Maximum signal intensity derived from FLAIR sequence correlated with nucleic count (p = 0.50, P = 0.03). CONCLUSION: Histogram-derived parameters of conventional MRI sequences can reflect different histopathological features in PSNCL.
PURPOSE: Previously, some reports mentioned that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict histopathological features in primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL). The reported data analyzed diffusion-weighted imaging findings. The aim of this study was to investigate possible associations between histopathological findings, such as tumor cellularity, nucleic areas and proliferation index Ki-67, and signal intensity on T1-weighted and T2-weighted images in PCNSL. PROCEDURES: For this study, 18 patients with PCNSL were retrospectively investigated by histogram analysis on precontrast and postcontrast T1-weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) images. For every patient, histopathology parameters, nucleic count, total nucleic area, and average nucleic area, as well as Ki-67 index, were estimated. RESULTS: Correlation analysis identified several statistically significant associations. Skewness derived from precontrast T1-weighted images correlated with Ki-67 index (p = - 0.55, P = 0.028). Furthermore, entropy derived from precontrast T1-weighted images correlated with average nucleic area (p = 0.53, P = 0.04). Several parameters from postcontrast T1-weighted images correlated with nucleic count: maximum signal intensity (p = 0.59, P = 0.017), P75 (p = 0.56, P = 0.02), and P90 (p = 0.52, P = 0.04) as well as SD (p = 0.58, P = 0.02). Maximum signal intensity derived from FLAIR sequence correlated with nucleic count (p = 0.50, P = 0.03). CONCLUSION: Histogram-derived parameters of conventional MRI sequences can reflect different histopathological features in PSNCL.
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